re: It is true that
"I wonder if this video was staged?
"Well, if you were actually serious, you would investigate whether it was fake.
Wondering about it, isn't sufficient.
As far as I know it's footage was some b rated movie.
As I said I don't any interest in wading through all this kind of crap. But it's certainly more likely it was fabricated.
It seems to me though that only in a movie would a reporter cover this in such an incompetent manner.
I suggest you look at coverage of 911 and compare it.